If you have been looking forward to the Mi A3 having a Snapdragon 730 or Snapdragon 710, you sure will be heartbroken by this news. As the title says, we now have confirmation that the Mi A3 will have a Snapdragon 665 processor just like the Xiaomi CC9e. Exclusive unboxing photos of the phone were posted by GsmArena and they show what the retail box of the phone looks like as well as its contents.
[envira-gallery id=”264028″]The Xiaomi Mi A3 will come in a white box which has images of the phone on the front part of the box. The packaging confirms the phone will come in black, blue and white. There is “Mi A3” written in bold white font in front too.
The unit in the box is black and alongside the phone is a USB Type-C cable and a charger, both in white. The peelable sticker on the front of the phone lists some of the specs.
The Mi A3 will have a 48MP triple rear camera system which includes an ultra-wide-angle camera. It will have a 4030mAh “high-capacity battery”, and a “fast in-screen fingerprint sensor”. The last specification listed is the processor which is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor.
Based on these specs, one can say the Mi A3 is actually the Xiaomi CC9e with an FHD+ AMOLED display as the CC9e has an HD+ AMOLED screen.
It is understandable why the Mi A3 isn’t rocking a Snapdragon 730 processor. If it does, it will most likely affect the sales of the Mi 9T/Redmi K20 which has a Snapdragon 730 chipset. Xiaomi will most likely launch the Mi A3 in the same markets where the Mi 9T/Redmi K20 is sold (except for China), and with lots of folks preferring stock Android to MIUI, that might be a recipe for disaster.
The advantage of having a less-powerful chipset is that the phone should sell for less too. It has been reported that the starting price may be lower than that of the Mi A2.
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— Xiaomi #PhotosWithoutLimits (@Xiaomi) July 13, 2019
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— Xiaomi #PhotosWithoutLimits (@Xiaomi) July 13, 2019
Based on this new leak, the Mi A3’s launch is definitely around the corner and it might launch in less than two weeks. Xiaomi has already begun teasing the phone. It released another set of teasers today which show the phone will have triple rear cameras. And the hashtag #PhotoWithoutLimits confirm camera performance is a primary focus.
Aside from the processor, the Mi A3 is an upgrade over its predecessor in every other way. It has a better display, a bigger battery, brings back the audio jack, and has better cameras. It may also cost less.
There is no news of the Mi A3 Lite at the moment.
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